Invincible season 2, Gen V finale, Netflix’s Blue Eye Samurai, and more new TV this week

30.10.2023 - 18:19 / polygon.com / Mark Ruffalo / New

It’s not an official theme or anything, but this week’s TV is all about fighting. There’s the two sides of superhero coming-of-age stories on Prime Video alone: the season finale of Gen V and the season premiere of Invincible. Over on Netflix there’s Blue Eye Samurai, a new show about one woman’s quest for revenge in Edo-era Japan, while on Paramount Plus the new Taylor Sheridan-produced show about Bass Reeves (David Oyelowo) is sure to bring on some Wild West violence. Throw in Love Island Games, and it seems like no matter which platform you turn to, you’re gonna get some clashes.

Of course, that’s not the only new TV out this week. In addition to all the new TV listed below, there’s of course the ongoing shows, like Rick and Morty, Chucky,Frasier, and more. (And that’s assuming you’re not catching up on Pluto, or The Fall of the House of Usher, or any of the other big drops from fall so far!)

Here’s all the new TV premieres and finales from this week:

Genre: Period drama
Release date: Nov. 2, with all episodes
Showrunner/creator: Steven Knight
Cast: Aria Mia Loberti, Mark Ruffalo, Hugh Laurie, Louis Hofmann

All the Light We Cannot See, based on the bestselling novel, has the makings of a classic period piece drama: It follows the colliding stories of Marie-Laure (Aria Mia Loberti), a blind French girl, and Werner Pfennig (Louis Hofmann), a German boy forced to fight for the Nazi regime. The book, at least, was told nonlinearly, weaving together their plots and the lead-up to the Battle of Saint-Malo.

Genre: Period drama anime
Release date: Nov. 3, with all episodes
Showrunner/creator: Amber Noizumi and Michael Green
Cast: Maya Erskine, Masi Oka, Darren Barnet, Brenda Song, and more

Mizu (Maya Erskine) is living in 17th-century Japan, where borders are closed — meaning she can seek out the only four white men in Japan at the time she was born in order to kill them (assuming one of them might be her father). As she seeks revenge, Mizu hides her gender and her bright blue eyes, picks up a few allies, and leads them across Edo-era Japan.

Genre: Reality show (fancy workplace edition)
Release date: Nov. 3, with all episodes
Showrunner/creator: Adam DiVello
Cast: Some high-end real estate agents who have drama

You know the drill: a host of real estate agents responsible for selling some of the ritziest properties Los Angeles has to offer, all on a reality show. They might be cutthroat, and there will certainly be drama.

Genre: Murder mystery
Release date: Nov. 1, with three episodes
Showrunner/creator: Marissa Jo Cerar
Cast: Mia Isaac, Ahmed Elhaj, Lashay Anderson, Sonita Henry, and more

Black Cake’s story is sweeping: It’s both far-flung — set across locales in Jamaica, Italy, Scotland, England, and the U.S. —